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Jiraiya was deep in thought as he drank sake with Tsunade and Kakashi. His son Arashi had surprised him. He really couldn't wait until he could talk to both of them, Arashi and Naruto. The Gama Sennin was sure it would be an interesting conversation to say the least.
"You both noticed that Arashi can hit as hard as you Hime didn't you? Without chakra to boot."
His fellow drinking partners were not quite sure what to say. The Sansai apparently more than deserved his reputation and had earned the fear he inspired in others. All of them had seen, or rather had not seen in one case, how fast Arashi moved and how hard he hit. His intelligence had been shown by how sharp his tongue had been and how accurate the words he spoke were; Arashi's analysis had been flawless and his put down harsh and accurate. All of them now had a healthy respect for the young Sennin but it was scary to know that he was holding back, a lot.
"I had Shizune check the medical report of the Uchiha after he was examined at the hospital. The spoiled little snot's jaw was completely shattered from the kick. Several other bones, especially his ribs, were broken and fractured from going through that tree. The doctors had to remove quite a few large splinters from his back and his left side. He will be in the hospital and eating from a straw for a long time as well as being taken off the active duty roster. He will be demoted back to genin for trying to provoke and attack an important dignitary as well as harass them. The Council can not dispute his punishment or his demotion considering who it was he was harassing and provoking."
Kakashi looked rather apathetic about his former student's fate while Jiraiya was laughing, not bothering to hide his amusement over Uchiha Sasuke's predicament.
"He never did learn how to back off from opponents far stronger than him. He was that way as a genin when he was under my command and he still is. Orochimaru probably let him have his way, or at least let him think he was having his way, and inflated his ego."
"There is nothing you can do about it Kakashi. Students have to have the desire to learn and the capacity to listen to learn at all. Minato and Naruto were the best students I ever taught. Both were eager, willing to learn and listen, obedient for the most part, imaginative, and independent, as well as more than willing to work alone and ask for help when needed. I couldn't have asked for better students. That's probably why I can't wait to meet Arashi."
Tsunade snorted. "You're probably just going to try to infect him with that perverted filth you write. That or see if he already reads it."
Jiraiya just smirked at his loyal remaining teammate while Kakashi chuckled quietly at Tsunade's words.
xxxxx
Arashi barely waited for the door of the room in their large suite that Gaara and Naruto had escorted him into closed before stripping off all of his clothes, leaving him nude. Jinchuuriki were not body conscious and Arashi was no exception. He was polite enough not to strip or walk around without clothes on in front of Temari and Kankuro, as were Gaara and Naruto.
But Gaara and Naruto were the only ones in the room with him at the moment and it wasn't anything they hadn't seen before. Arashi had seen them both naked on numerous occasions as well as in compromising situations. Not that the two mates had stopped what they were doing on Arashi's account. They both trusted Arashi, though the silver-eyed seer's control still amazed them. He didn't react in the slightest to their displays, the ones he had witnessed.
So not paying any attention to his nakedness in front of his brothers Arashi climbed into the bed and settled down. He didn't say anything when the two mates settled onto the loveseat in the room together. Arashi knew by the size of this room in particular that it was the master bedroom of this suite and thus Gaara and Naruto's bedroom for the duration of their stay. They had taken him to sleep in their bedroom, no doubt so that they could guard him while he was vulnerable. He really should have known better than to think for even a second that they would have missed how out of it he really was. Even in sleep a Jinchuuriki was alert, unless they were as tired and drained as Arashi currently was.
It didn't take Arashi to fall into slumber listening to the quiet murmuring and calm presences of his precious brothers.
But it didn't take long for Arashi to wake up either. Opening his eyes Arashi observed Gaara pounding into Naruto, who was on his knees with his hands gripping the arm of the loveseat. They were lost in their passion for each other. 'At least I got two hours or so of restful sleep.' Arashi could tell they had been going at it for quite some time by how slick their bodies were and by how much come was sliding down Naruto's inner thighs.
The room was thick with the scent of sex and arousal. It was times like this that Arashi was very thankful for his very strong self-control and that he cursed having to stay so far away from his lover a majority of the time. Both of them were always so busy lately that they barely had time to rest much less time to spend with each other.
It didn't take long for them to finish; their cries of pleasure filling the room. When Gaara and Naruto returned to themselves they became aware of Arashi leaning up on his forearms staring at them in amusement.
"Couldn't resist an opportunity to join together?"
They both wore slightly sheepish looks in response to Arashi's amused question.
"It is alright you two. I don't mind you taking advantage of chance to relieve your stress. Clean up and get in bed."
Seeing that their brother wasn't mad at the interruption of his rest they did as he bid them to and cleaned up. However, instead of climbing into bed together they climbed in on opposite sides. This left Arashi between two nicely toned and completely naked bodies. Arashi didn't mind the intimate contact, in fact, all three of them enjoyed it greatly, but Arashi made a mental note to make sure that neither Kankuro or Temari saw them in this position and another mental note to wash away his brothers' scents before he left the room. This was just Gaara and Naruto's way of comforting him and comforting themselves. Kankuro and Temari didn't quite understand that, not yet anyway.
Arashi had begun to discuss very intimate things with Naruto and Gaara in front of dehumanizing, or perhaps a better word would be unconditioning, Temari and Kankuro so that neither would be unprepared for having a Jinchuuriki mate. Konan and Ranmaru probably would have shocked the two silly had Gaara, Naruto, and Arashi not collaborated in an effort to ease them into what to expect from their future mates.
The first time the three began discussing sex in front of Kankuro and Temari they had both gone very red in the face and had nearly suffered heart attacks. Now they barely batted an eyelash at listening to the frank discussions, but seeing Arashi naked and entwined in bed with Gaara and Naruto might actually make them suffer those heart attacks. Some things were better left alone and this was just one of those things.
Arashi woke about an hour or two after the sun rose into the sky still entwined with a naked Gaara and Naruto. They all must have been more tired than they thought. But they really did need to be getting up. Gaara had a meeting with the Hokage as well as the Mizukage who was arriving today. Temari and Kankuro planned to go check on the genin from Suna who were in the tournament and the jounin who was responsible for them. One team had been sent and all three genin had made it into the finals.
Naruto was probably going with Arashi to the hot springs to meet with Jiraiya. Naruto was rather fond of his Ero-Sennin and he wanted to be there to support both of them. Besides it would probably be highly entertaining to watch and listen to.
xxxxx
Naruto and Gaara woke when they felt a source of warmth leave their bed. Both opened their eyes to the sight of Arashi completely unclothed with his spiky silver-white hair cascading unbound down to the backs of his knees in the morning sunlight. It was a very rare treat to see Arashi's hair unbound, about as rare as seeing Gaara without his Suna no Yoroi or Naruto not displaying his mating mark these days.
After seeing that Naruto's mating mark matched the mark on Gaara's head he insisted, with Naruto's help and assistance, that it be apart of the Sabaku Clan crest and that it be the Clan marking like the Inuzuka's red triangles. Arashi, Kankuro, and Temari had the crimson kanji 'ai' on their upper right arms like a GALE operative. GALE being the Suna equivalent of the AQUA of Kirigakure, the FLOW of Amegakure, ANBU of Konohagakure, the CRAG of Iwagakure, the BOLT of Kumogaukre, the ECHO of Otogakure, and the SEED of Kusagakure.
"Rashi why aren't you still in bed?"
Arashi removed his gaze from the open window to look over at the two in the bed in faint amusement.
"Well Naruto, it is rather late in the morning, for us that is, and Gaara does have a meeting to attend in about an hour. Besides, I plan on going to the hot springs to relax and perhaps speak with my... father Jiraiya."
The silver-eyed seer did know just what words to speak to make them panic. Gaara had less than an hour to get presentable enough to go to the meeting between the Kages in attendance for this Chuunin Exam, seeing as Zabuza was arriving today. While Naruto helped Gaara by getting everything together for him while the red-head showered, Arashi was getting dressed and making sure Naruto did as well. The blond could be single-minded when it came to Gaara, but that was just how mates were so Arashi just made sure Naruto didn't forget to get ready and watched indulgently as the blond fussed over his crimson-haired mate.
Going back into the bathroom for a few moments after he dressed Gaara came back out to just in time to see Arashi sitting on the loveseat with Naruto sitting on the floor between his legs brushing Naruto's long golden-silver locks. Grooming, and even close contact, was considered intimate among Jinchuuriki, well it was unless you were on assignment and seduction of the target was involved. So it was perfectly acceptable for family to do such intimate things like what Arashi was doing, but it would not be acceptable at all to Gaara if say, Kiba, was doing it because though a friend of Naruto's the Inuzuka was not strictly family. Temari in particular loved to touch, play with, and brush both Naruto and Arashi's long hair. Thus, Gaara wasn't surprised with what he was seeing, in fact, it reassured him that Arashi and Naruto were feeling well today because they were comfortable enough to do so.
Arashi looked up when he felt Gaara's fond gaze focus on them. He was glad his brothers were both so relaxed this morning, especially considering where they were. The silver-eyed seer knew Gaara had no liking for Konohagakure no Sato and had feared that Gaara and Naruto would not sleep peacefully last night. His calm presence had helped center them and his being slightly vulnerable had given them something to focus their thoughts and attention on, thus distracting them from any dark thoughts.
"Have a good meeting Gaara. Perhaps it will not be as boring as the ones you have to sit through at home."
"Yes Gaara, good luck with your meeting. Hopefully Zabuza brought Haku with him. It has been ages since I last saw him, unlike Kankuro and you Arashi. Kankuro would probably be really happy if Ranmaru came as well."
Nodding in acknowledgement of their words, Gaara hoped that the meeting is not as boring as those he has to sit through in Suna as well. It was rather hard to stay awake when those ancient withered wind-bags sat there an bickered like old women for hours on end. Gaara couldn't even get Naruto to attend those meetings with him, though Arashi could be persuaded to suffer with him on occasion, but then he owed his brother a favor each time.
Arashi tilted his head slightly to the left as if listening to something. The two mates were both rather sure that Arashi was listening to the whispers of the wind speak to him. The silver-eyed Sennin was adept in and used almost all of the different arts of divination and had an amazing as well as strong connection to nature in all its forms.
"Haku and Ranmaru are with Zabuza," Arashi's eyebrows furrowed slightly which caught their attention, "Kisame is with them as well. Zetsu is not in the area at all; he is still in Ame no Kuni, the capital in fact. Perhaps he is helping Nagato prepare for the large conference to be held there in six months or so after this Chuunin Exam."
"Conference?" Gaara and Naruto asked in unison.
Arashi looked up from his task of brushing Naruto's long hair to look Gaara and Naruto in the eyes as the blond turned around.
"The conference the Daimyo plan on having for peace and trade talks. It is being held in the capital of Ame because Ame has been rather neutral and isolationist since Nagato killed Hanzo and took over. Amegakure no Sato is still recovering from Hanzo's rather harsh and iron-fisted rule." Both of them noticed the way those silver eyes flickered away as if Arashi wasn't saying something.
"Arashi, what's wrong? Gaara and I won't get mad at you, you know. But we can tell you're not telling us something. So what are you trying to avoid telling us?"
Arashi sighed. Sometimes his Sight was a gift and a curse. He had Seen some things about the conference that Naruto and Gaara were really not going to like. He was aware that if the two mates went over what he said that they might have an inkling of what he didn't want to say was. He really didn't want to worry them, no matter how cautious they would have to be concerning the conference. But the conference wasn't the only thing he had Seen.
"The Daimyo of every country as well as the Kage of every village is going to be there." Arashi could see the upset comprehension dawn in their eyes. "The Daimyo of Ta no Kuni, Rice Field Country, is obligated to attend as well as the Shodai Otokage Orochimaru who is charge of the shinobi forces of Ta no Kuni."